Transport in organisms quiz for N(A)-Level Science (Biology) quiz

Red blood cells

White blood cells

Platelets

Plasma

Carrying oxygen

Defending the body against disease

Helping the blood to clot

Carrying dissolved food

Carry carbon dioxide

Absorb light

Help the blood to clot at a wound

Make haemoglobin

A type of red blood cell

A pigment that carries oxygen

A clotting cell

The liquid part of blood that carries cells and dissolved substances

It has a large nucleus

It has no nucleus and a biconcave shape, with haemoglobin

It is square

It contains chloroplasts

Carry blood away from the heart

Carry blood towards the heart

Only carry deoxygenated blood

Have valves along their whole length

In the arteries

In the capillaries

In the veins

In the heart

The blood goes round the body twice before returning

There are two hearts

The blood passes through the heart twice for one full circuit of the body

The blood never returns to the heart

Phloem

Stoma

Artery

Xylem

Dissolved food such as sugars

Water only

Oxygen

Mineral salts upwards only

The making of food in the leaf

The loss of water vapour from a plant, mostly through the stomata

The uptake of carbon dioxide

The transport of sugars in the phloem

Cool, still, humid air

Darkness

Warm, windy, dry air

High humidity